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SECTION
1 >
Message
from the President >
Introduction
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WILLAMETTE
UNIVERSITY
seeks
to
be
a
diverse
community
and
to
provide
equal
opportunity
in
its
educational
programs
and
activities,
and
in
employment.
In
keeping
with
the
letter
and
the
spirit
of
federal
and
state
laws,
the
institution
does
not
discriminate
on
the
basis
of
race,
color,
religion,
sex,
national
origin,
disability,
age,
marital
status,
sexual
orientation
or
veteran
status.
Questions
regarding
the
University's
equal
opportunity
policies
and
practices
may
be
directed
to
the
Vice
President
&
Executive
Assistant
to
the
President,
Willamette
University,
Salem,
Oregon
97301.
Willamette
University
complies
with
the
Student-Right-to-Know
and
Campus
Security
Act,
the
Equity
in
Athletics
Disclosure
Act
(EADA),
the
Family
Educational
Rights
and
Privacy
Act
(FERPA),
and
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
(ADA).
For
more
information,
please
contact
the
Office
of
Institutional
Research
for
information
on
graduation
and
retention
rates;
Campus
Security
for
campus
security
statistics;
the
Department
of
Athletics
for
EADA
information;
the
Registrar
concerning
FERPA
and
the
Vice
President
&
Executive
Assistant
to
the
President
concerning
ADA
compliance.
The security of all members of the campus
community is a vital concern to Willamette
University. Information regarding crime prevention
advice, the law enforcement authority of the Office
of Campus Safety, policies concerning the reporting
of crimes which occur on campus, and the crime
statistics for the most recent three-year period
may be viewed on Willamette University's web site
at www.willamette.edu/dept/campuslife/policies, or
a paper copy can be requested from Willamette
University, Office of Campus Life, Salem, Oregon
97301.
This
catalog
is
designed
to
give
prospective
and
current
students,
advisors,
faculty,
and
friends
of
Willamette
University
an
accurate
picture
of
the
curriculum,
faculty,
environment,
and
related
subjects.
Over
the
course
of
the
years
the
current
catalog
will
be
in
use,
there
will
no
doubt
be
changes
in
curriculum,
faculty,
and
other
important
areas.
Information
about
such
changes
will
be
disseminated
to
the
public
as
appropriate.
However,
all
provisions
herein
contained
are
subject
to
change
without
notice
and
do
not
constitute
a
contract
or
offer
to
contract
with
any
person.
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Visitors are welcome to the campus. The
undergraduate Office of Admission is open Monday
through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. during the
academic year and 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. during the
summer. Appointments are suggested for visitors
coming on specific business. Mailing address:
Willamette University, 900 State Street, Salem,
Oregon 97301. Phone 503-370-6300. TDD/Voice:
503-375-5383. Fax: 503-370-6148. World Wide Web
site: www.willamette.edu.
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A
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
 The
core of Willamette University is
academic excellence and the
importance that we place on the
engagement of students in the
learning process.
Willamette University is
student-centered. Our mission is
to awaken the minds and hearts of
young people to the many and
varied joys found in the
cultivation of the intellect. Our
students live and learn in an
environment of intellectual
rigor. Learning is our business;
education our outcome.
An academically gifted student
body invigorates campus life with
intellectual liveliness. Students
achieve high standards in written
assignments, laboratory
activities and other academic
requirements. And just as they
are challenged in their classroom
experiences, they, in turn,
stimulate and encourage even
greater teaching excellence of
our faculty.
Willamette University's
commitment to the value of ideas,
the transforming power of
language, intellectual honesty
and personal responsibility are
key to establishing the
fundamental shape of our
commitment to society, of which
we are an essential part. Thus,
Willamette also has as one of its
most cherished and difficult
educational objectives - to
educate for civic responsibility.
As a university, we thrive
because we have never lost sight
of that belief - never lost sight
of educating for social
engagement. It conveys a
philosophy of a democratic
society in which citizenship,
social responsibility and
community are aligned with each
other.
A liberal arts education at
Willamette University prepares
our students well for a life of
meaning and hope. Willamette is a
place where students can grow,
confident in their capacity to
think plainly, to write with
grace and wit, to speak
persuasively and to co-join
intellectual fortitude with moral
courage.
In today's world, few things are
more important than the
cultivation of educated young men
and women, clear-headed, tempered
by historical perspective,
disciplined by the hard truth of
science, imbued with personal
integrity and with hearts warmed
to the transforming power of
virtue and beauty.
The goal of Willamette University
is to make you that kind of
person.
—
M. Lee Pelton
President,
Willamette University
THIS
CATALOG
This
catalog has two basic purposes:
(1) to serve as a book of record
for the Willamette University
College of Liberal Arts, though
necessarily an incomplete one,
and (2) to provide information
for students who are considering
application or have applied for
admission to the Willamette
University College of Liberal
Arts.
WILLAMETTE
UNIVERSITY
Willamette
University,
the
first
university
in
the
West,
consists
of
the
College
of
Liberal
Arts,
the
College
of
Law,
the
George
H.
Atkinson
Graduate
School
of
Management,
and
the
School
of
Education.
Cooperative
programs
enable
all
students
to
benefit
from
the
quality
curriculum
available
throughout
the
University.
Willamette
has
long
been
known
for
its
intellectual
vitality,
its
cohesive
campus
community,
its
concern
for
each
student,
and
its
ability
to
balance
a
rigorous
academic
program
with
varied
and
successful
extracurricular
opportunities.
In
short,
Willamette
prepares
students
for
successful
professional
and
personal
lives.
Willamette
faculty
members
are
essential
to
this
preparation.
Bringing
degrees
from
many
institutions
in
other
states
and
countries,
faculty
contribute
a
wide
range
of
views
and
experiences
to
campus.
With
a
student-faculty
ratio
of
11:1,
all
faculty
are
able
to
serve
as
advisors
and
maintain
ample
office
hours.
(Opportunities
abound
for
students
to
interact
both
formally
and
informally
with
faculty
outside
the
classroom
as
well.)
Faculty
members
are
engaged
in
scholarly
research
and
publication
and
are
given
institutional
support
to
pursue
these
objectives.
However,
the
faculty
is
fundamentally
committed
to
teaching.
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